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TRIMS Stakeholderevent Abeokuta

March 12, 2015

Abeokuta,
Ogun State.

PRESS RELEASE

March 12th, 2015

GIZ CONTINUES WORK WITH
OGUN STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPLEMENT TRIMS

This
Thursday, 12 March 2015, sees a renewed stakeholder event organized by the
Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme (SEDIN) which is financed by the Federal
Ministry of Economic Corporation (BMZ) of the Federal Republic of Germany and
managed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Since the MoU signing between this
German development organization and the Ogun state government on the 30th
of May 2012, there has been a close collaborative effort to achieve the
objective of improving employment and income for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs).

MSMEs
have been sensitized on requirements for trading across borders and a
monitoring tool ‘TRIMS’(Trade Route Incidence Mapping) was
developed and formally launched by his excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA,
Executive Governor of Ogun state on 13 October 2014 at the MKO Abiola
International Stadium, Abeokuta.

The
objectives of this kick-off event is to engage key Ogun state stakeholders,
federal level partners, private sector stakeholders and the media on the
objectives, methodology and strategy of the TRIMS project. All these
initiatives aim at improving state reforms, strengthening the private sector
and civil society in order to improve livelihoods of the people in Ogun state.

The TRIMS project is implemented in collaboration
with a multi-stakeholder consortium consisting of civil society organizations,
faith-based organizations, mobile network operators, media and other relevant
and committed actors from the public and private sector. After the success of
the pilot phase of the project in Ogun State, it is planned to scale up TRIMS
in partnership with key federal stakeholders. The stakeholder meeting to
kick-off the implementation of the TRIMS is organized to exchange information
with SEDIN’s main stakeholders from the private and public sector as well as
the civil society on activities and achievements.

The
SEDIN programme is has four focus areas:

1.Financial Sector Reform

2.Business Enabling Environment
on Federal, State and Local Level

3.Trade Facilitation

4.Value Chain Promotion (Cassava
and Construction)

Under
these 4 focal areas, many activities have taken place over the last years. A
number of Microfinance Banks have been assessed and strengthened with various
trainings and workshops. First steps towards the establishment of a One Stop
Investment Centre in Ogun State and the formation of a Business Advocacy Group
have been facilitated. Business Development Committees have been formed on LGA
level to support Advocacy activities and local governments have been
strengthened. Cassava farmer groups and cooperatives were formed and linked
with processors. Stakeholders of the Construction Value Chain have jointly
developed a roadmap to improve the housing situation in Ogun state.

Still
a lot remains to be done to improve the operating environment for MSMEs in Ogun
state. An assessment using the World Bank’s Doing
Business methodology to assess the state’s performance for selected
indicators, which was conducted with GIZ’s support, can be used as a basis for
further reforms and initiatives.

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